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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Latin armarium, from arma; ARM1

armoire

 noun
     
ar‧moire [countable] American English
a large piece of furniture with doors, and sometimes shelves, that you hang clothes in [= wardrobe British English]
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